I'm building my own JBOD case using a cut down rack case, and 3x Supermicro M35T racks installed which are all SATA connections (5 per M35T - so 15 total requred)
I thought you could have breakout cables from 8088 to 8077 with more than 4 SATA connections but that doesn't seem to be the case. I think I need to run an expander in this case like say this 487738-001 HP Expander or similar?
This should allow me to connect more SFF-8087 cables from just one SFF-8088 input correct? And the expander has a PCI connection, as I do not have a motherboard in the JBOD case, how would I deal with that, would it be powered passively by the SFF connections or do I need to look for another card?
Thanks!
I thought you could have breakout cables from 8088 to 8077 with more than 4 SATA connections but that doesn't seem to be the case. I think I need to run an expander in this case like say this 487738-001 HP Expander or similar?
This should allow me to connect more SFF-8087 cables from just one SFF-8088 input correct? And the expander has a PCI connection, as I do not have a motherboard in the JBOD case, how would I deal with that, would it be powered passively by the SFF connections or do I need to look for another card?
Thanks!